It would be easier to report what didn’t happen in this one, which was the Sox didn’t get a sweep of the Royals. But it took roughly a gazillion blown opportunities and a whole bunch of weirdness to get to that result.
The old writing advice is that if you don’t know where to start, start at the beginning and just keep going until the end. So, let’s go chronologically.
The game started as you’d expect in a face-off between two pitchers who had already this season dominated the lineups they were facing. Lucas Giiolito for the Sox and Brad Keller for the Royals were both lights out early.